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B. H. INGERSOLL.

KEY RING.

No. 398,835. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

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ROBERT H. INGERSOLL, OF NEN YORK, N. Y.

KEY-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,835, dated March 5,1889.

Application filed June 13, 1888. $erial No. 277,022. (No model.)

To (0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. INGERSOLL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Key-Rings, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates especially to devices employed in supporting andholding securely together keys and like articles, and has for its objectthe provision of a device simple in construction, cheap in manufacture,and efficient in practical use.

To attain the desired end my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1represents a View of my ring. Fig. 2 is a side and Fig. 3 an edge Viewof my clasp. Fig. 4 is a side and Fig, 5 is an edge view of my combinedring and clasp, and Fig. 6 is a view of a modification of my invention.

Like letters of reference wherever they occur indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Referring again to the drawings, A represents my key-ring, which isprovided with notches a in the upper edges of both ends. The clasp B isconstructed so as to fit over and entirely cover the notches and ends ofthe ring, and is provided with cross-bars 1), adapted to engage in thenotches a. The ring A is constructed out of spring metal, and, onaccount of the resiliency of the same, whenever the clasp B is securedto or sprung on the ring A, as represented in Fig. 4., it becomes lookedupon the same, and it thereupon cannot be detached until the two ends ofthe ring A are I pressed together, thus allowing the cross-bars b topass through and become disengaged from the outwardly-turned notches a.

The notches a may be curved so as to turn outwardly, as in Fig. 1, orinwardly, as represented in Fig. 6, the relative action of the clasp Band ring A being similar in both cases, the key-ring A, however,whenever it is desired to attach or release the clasp B, beingcompressed in the one instance and the ends of the same being pulledapart in the other.

By the use of my device the keys or other articles will be securely heldon the ring, as the clasp is normally locked thereon, and as it isimpossible to detach the same by pulling or pushing the same until thering is properly manipulated by having the ends thereof pressed togetheror pulled apart, as the case may be.

I \Vhat- I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination, with a key-ring constructed of spring metal andprovided with inclined notches a, placed in the upper edges of bothends, of a detachable clasp, B, 0011- structed so as to fit OXGI andcover the notches and ends of the ring and provided with cross -bars I),adapted to engage with the notches a and to be securely locked thereinby the resiliency oi the ring, substantially as described.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city of New York, county and State of New York, this llth day ofApril, A. D. 1888.

ROBERT l-l. INGERSOLL.

\Vitnesscs:

W. J. KNIGHT, ALBERT CRowNwELL.

